Kate Winslet: 'I'm thinner since Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio's fatter'

Monday, Apr 2 2012

Kate Winslet has joked that much has changed about her and Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio's appearance since its 1997 premiere.

The actress, who recently celebrated the film's 15th anniversary 3D re-release, said that the physical differences in both her and DiCaprio's younger selves are more than obvious upon re-watching the historical drama.

"We do look very different, we're older," Winslet explained during an interview on ITV's Daybreak. "Leo's 37, I'm 36 - we were 21 and 22 when we made that film. You know, he's fatter now - I'm thinner."

Winslet, who has expressed displeasure with her performance in Titanic, recently claimed that her children are the perfect age to enjoy the movie.

by Anonymous

reply 101

11/09/2014

Is she thinner now than when she was in Titanic. I thought she had gained a good deal after the movie.

by Anonymous

reply 3

04/03/2012

Okay, kind of like her now.

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reply 4

04/03/2012

I'm fatter now too. Why does nobody remember me?

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reply 5

04/03/2012

Do we know if she was laughing at the time and making a joke of it? I can't get ITV online where I am.

I'm sorry, but it is perfectly normal for a 21-year-old guy to fill out as he grows older. Leo basically had a twink bod at that age, and now he has an average physique for someone in their mid/late 30s. Kate was ... well, let's just say she had childbearing hips. She's never been particularly thin (and doesn't seem to care), but yes, she's thinner today than 15 years ago.

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reply 29

04/03/2012

R29, he is becoming chubby. A leading male actor who is only in his late 30's is not supposed to be fat.

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reply 30

04/03/2012

... and another thing, I hate that goddamn Titanic song.

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reply 31

04/03/2012

LOL R31

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reply 32

04/03/2012

We saw Kate naked in Titanic and she wasn't fat. First of all she was playing the part of a rich girl...she would not have been skin and bones, as the poor people were.

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reply 33

04/03/2012

It really didn't take Marlon long before he was chubbie. It happens.

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reply 34

04/03/2012

She's insufferable, but at least she's admitting she's thin. She usually goes on and on about how she isn't going to try and be Hollywood's stereotypical skinny actress (all while starving herself) and she doesn't care what people think about her weight. She acts like she never lost her extra weight and still weighs the same as she did in Titantic. When we all know she lost at least 25 - 30 lbs

She should just admit her career really didn't take off in Hollywood until she lost the weight and that she starves herself so she can keep getting great roles

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reply 35

04/03/2012

I have a feeling if the situations were reversed and he said she was fatter and he was skinnier now there would be an international incident

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reply 36

04/03/2012

Kate was naked in Titanic? How much? I don't remember any full-on nudity.

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reply 37

04/03/2012

one tit out

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reply 38

04/03/2012

...and finally, I hate Celine Dion.

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reply 40

04/03/2012

I know it's almost bikini season, and pie is out of many diets, but make that pie. If you can't eat it, someone else can, and you can enjoy the smell and the company.

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reply 41

04/03/2012

I'm so sick of her talking about her weight. She is now a size 2 or 0 and looks like every other actress. Enough already.

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reply 42

04/03/2012

What R17 said.

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reply 43

04/03/2012

tired old c**T

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reply 44

04/03/2012

Kate rules. Actually she and Cameron are the only two who improved with age. And the actress who played her mother looks like she stepped away from the plastic surgery. Finally.

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reply 45

04/03/2012

True, R36. It would have been considered sexist and misogynist if Leo had called Kate a porker.

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reply 46

04/03/2012

R45, you mean Frances Fisher? I think she looks way better now. Sure, she's had work, but she has more meat on her face which is good. The emaciated look is really bad on old faces. A little plumpness goes a long way to make an older person look better.

Incidentally, Frances Fisher used to be involved with Clint Eastwood. They lived together and had a child. If I remember right, she came home one day and found the locks had been changed. She had to move on the spot, along with suddenly losing her relationship.

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reply 47

04/03/2012

[quote]It would have been considered sexist and misogynist if Leo had called Kate a porker

Kate is a porker.

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reply 48

04/03/2012

r47 - Wasn't it Sondra Locke he locked out? I think he & FF are on good terms now, though FF supposedly found out they'd broken up when she saw published photos of him kissing the woman he's now married to.

r46 - James Cameron did at the time. Didn't he refer to her as "Kate Weighs-a-lot?" What a nice guy.

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reply 49

04/04/2012

R36, R46, the issue of Kate's weight has been a "story" in the tabloid press for years now. Leo's podginess has never been an issue, however.

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reply 50

04/04/2012

Kate looks like she gained considerably between the filming of Titanic and the release.

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reply 51

04/04/2012

Kate's become a snob embarrassed by her past.

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reply 52

04/04/2012

She has a beautiful complexion.

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reply 53

04/04/2012

She does, R53.

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reply 54

04/04/2012

What r50 said. Kate has been publicly hounded about her weight for years. Actresses are bullied into starving themselves while male actors like Leo get old and fat without it being held against them. Kate was acknowledging this but in a cheeky fashion.

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reply 55

04/05/2012

She's definitely thinner now. During Titanic she was a fat ass!

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reply 56

04/05/2012

"male actors like Leo get old and fat without it being held against them"

That doesn't apply on DL, however!

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reply 57

04/05/2012

She was never fat. Our weight standards are so fucking warped. She is smokin' hot now. Leo is a fat sow.

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reply 58

04/05/2012

Leo is no longer slender like he used to be R59, but he is hardly a sow.

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reply 60

04/05/2012

She looked better with weight

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reply 61

04/05/2012

fat or thin, i hate the smug evil bitch!

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reply 62

04/05/2012

R2 I fully agree I also noticed that.

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reply 63

04/05/2012

The commemorative Heart of the Ocean pendant with actual Titanic coal payload embedded in the glass is a must have keepsake for only $19.95. Order online and they have matching earrings.

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reply 64

04/05/2012

Also agree with R26

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reply 65

04/05/2012

Agree with r58. She was only overweight by warped modern standards (if you can't see a female's ribs, she's fat. if you can still see her when she turns sidewise, she's obese!) Marilyn Monroe would have never existed today. As for whether or not Leo is a fat sow, well, let's just say that women get called "fat sows" for much, much less.

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reply 66

04/05/2012

Most men Leo's age are much heavier, as are a lot of other actors.

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reply 67

04/05/2012

R61 - she looks good with a little weight. Heavier than she is now, but lighter than what she was at the Titanic premiere.

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reply 68

04/05/2012

HAHAHA that's hilarious! Leo IS fatter and she IS thinner. Leo got big and meaty and his head looks huge! He's still cute but she speaks the truth.

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reply 69

04/05/2012

Wonder how Leo went downhill so quickly over the past 6 years?

In 2006 he was pretty muscular and toned for "The Departed".

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reply 70

04/06/2012

6 years is a long time.

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reply 71

04/06/2012

Most A-list stars in their 30's still have great bodies, so it's odd that Leo doesn't. Brad Pitt had washboard abs when he was Leo's age, and had an amazing body in Troy when he was even older than Leo is now.

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reply 72

04/06/2012

Oh sure, r2 and r63, Kate can't keep a man! Her life has failed and she is desperate! She hasn't achieved anything and is so needy she grasps for assurances from a man with an amibiguous sexuality! Whereas Leo is well-known for his successful, loving marriage. Can't believe gay men can write such shit about women.

I doubt that if Kate was so needy for Leo's approval she would even have made that joke. Because, it's a joke. Yes, an ironic, sarcastic joke. But not the kind of comment that would be made by someone who wasn't fully confident either about her own body or her relationship with the person she was talking about.

R67, which actors Leo's age are much heavier?

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reply 73

04/06/2012

Leo is not aging well, he looks pudgy and bloated. Most men lose their looks by about 25.

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reply 74

04/06/2012

Most people do not loose their looks by 25. Or even 35.

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reply 75

04/06/2012

Rebecca Hall is thin too, but she's also very bright.

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reply 76

04/06/2012

I wonder how Leo feels when he watches Titanic now that he's fat with that big ol' meat and potato head. It must be depressing. The good thing is, is that he didn't seem to ever want that teen idol status they were forcing on him. He's a pretty damn good actor and I appreciate that he knew his looks would fade and that he would have to rely on his acting chops. Kate is also an amazing actress and I'm glad she's thin and looks good. While men can walk around all day long with a big fat gut, society is unfair to women even if they look great.

by Anonymous

reply 77

04/09/2012

I saw a clip of 'Titanic' on t.v. today and was reminded of how beautiful and angelic Leo looked in that movie. He was at the peak of his beauty.

He definitely doesn't look like that now.

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reply 78

04/09/2012

Leo sure was at his peak. Titanic and Romeo and Juliet. He was a beautiful boy. He probably cringes having to watch himself in these old movies. That's what probably drove him to drinking.

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reply 79

04/09/2012

Leonardo used to look angelic and was so, so pretty. And then seemingly overnight, he suddenly turned into my Uncle Vito. It's weird how fast his looks changed.

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reply 80

04/09/2012

It was always apparent that his face would turn out the way it has - just look at the shape of his head/skull, that was always going to end up being a big, fat face.

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reply 81

04/09/2012

MARY!

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reply 82

04/09/2012

Kate's body was gloriously full in Holy Smokes (soon after Titanic),

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reply 83

07/22/2012

Kate's screen test for Titanic.

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reply 84

09/11/2012

She looked a lot older than 22 in Titanic.

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reply 85

09/11/2012

Kate after winning prime time emmys.

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reply 86

09/11/2012

Kate in Romance and Cigarettes. Near her fullest. She starts singing and dancing at about 2:40 in the clip.

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reply 87

11/11/2012

Kate's body issues bore me. She somehow manages to bring up her weight in every interview.

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reply 88

11/11/2012

She looked her best in Revolutionary Road

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reply 89

11/11/2012

Newsflash: she's still too fat.

It must be all the toxins and resentment building up in her fat, pasty, greasy body.

Namaste.

by Anonymous

reply 90

11/11/2012

R90 - I'd say she looked really good in a number of movies including Holy Smokes, Eternal; Sunshine, and Iris. Kate looks better plump.

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reply 91

11/11/2012

R91 Kate looks better than Goop.

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reply 92

11/11/2012

[quote]Kate in Romance and Cigarettes. Near her fullest.

I think she had given birth not too long before the movie was made.

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reply 93

11/11/2012

Romance and Cigarettees is an odd movie. Mandy Moore and Mary Louise Parker play sisters.

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reply 94

11/12/2012

she's aged rather well. what kind of work has she done?

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reply 95

11/12/2012

You mean what movies? The Reader, Little Children, Revolutionary Road.

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reply 96

11/12/2012

She looks her age. She's just obviously stayed out of the sun her whole life.

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reply 97

11/12/2012

She definitively looks her age.

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reply 98

11/12/2012

Loved her in Holy Smokes.

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reply 99

11/09/2014

The Romance and Cigarettes scene is almost something out of Bollywood.

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